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Residents’ perceptions of household food waste during the COVID-19 outbreak in Korea

Analyzing household food waste data at the global or national level remains a challenge, especially owing to lack of statistical systems and socio-cultural differences. This study determined the factors affecting the intention of households to reduce food waste on Jeju Island and on the Korean mainl...

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Autores principales: Chang, Mona, Arachchilage C. S. M, Walimuni, Hasitha Maduranga Karunarathne, Wisurumuni Arachchilage, Kim, Min-cheol
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9650487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36397775
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11439
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author Chang, Mona
Arachchilage C. S. M, Walimuni
Hasitha Maduranga Karunarathne, Wisurumuni Arachchilage
Kim, Min-cheol
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description Analyzing household food waste data at the global or national level remains a challenge, especially owing to lack of statistical systems and socio-cultural differences. This study determined the factors affecting the intention of households to reduce food waste on Jeju Island and on the Korean mainland. Socio-demographic factors significantly influence household food waste generation. Therefore, studies are often conducted depending on data availability in the corresponding regions. Based on national data and the theory of planned behavior, this study analyzed data using PLS-SEM (Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling) to test the influence of multiple determinants and parameters on dependent variables and investigated the awareness of household food waste in Korea, focusing on Jeju Province, Korea’s largest tourist destination. A survey of 508 local residents established that all factors evaluated in this study, except for risk concerns due to COVID-19, were statistically significant. Among the three antecedents of age, income, and family size, age significantly affected all mediators, directly affecting behavioral intentions. The results are consistent with those of preceding research on the effects of socio-demographic drivers on household food waste generation. The results also indicate that in Korea, where the COVID-19 infection level is lower than that in other countries, residents did not change their food purchasing and waste production patterns. However, a multi-group analysis revealed that the risk concerns caused by COVID-19 differed between residents of Jeju Island and mainland Korea. Overcoming the vulnerability of waste management, including food dumping, is mandatory for locals and tourists on Jeju Island.
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spelling pubmed-96504872022-11-14 Residents’ perceptions of household food waste during the COVID-19 outbreak in Korea Chang, Mona Arachchilage C. S. M, Walimuni Hasitha Maduranga Karunarathne, Wisurumuni Arachchilage Kim, Min-cheol Heliyon Research Article Analyzing household food waste data at the global or national level remains a challenge, especially owing to lack of statistical systems and socio-cultural differences. This study determined the factors affecting the intention of households to reduce food waste on Jeju Island and on the Korean mainland. Socio-demographic factors significantly influence household food waste generation. Therefore, studies are often conducted depending on data availability in the corresponding regions. Based on national data and the theory of planned behavior, this study analyzed data using PLS-SEM (Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling) to test the influence of multiple determinants and parameters on dependent variables and investigated the awareness of household food waste in Korea, focusing on Jeju Province, Korea’s largest tourist destination. A survey of 508 local residents established that all factors evaluated in this study, except for risk concerns due to COVID-19, were statistically significant. Among the three antecedents of age, income, and family size, age significantly affected all mediators, directly affecting behavioral intentions. The results are consistent with those of preceding research on the effects of socio-demographic drivers on household food waste generation. The results also indicate that in Korea, where the COVID-19 infection level is lower than that in other countries, residents did not change their food purchasing and waste production patterns. However, a multi-group analysis revealed that the risk concerns caused by COVID-19 differed between residents of Jeju Island and mainland Korea. Overcoming the vulnerability of waste management, including food dumping, is mandatory for locals and tourists on Jeju Island. Elsevier 2022-11-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9650487/ /pubmed/36397775 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2022.e11439 Text en © 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9650487/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36397775
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